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• Sam Turner's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Thursday, June 4

  03-06-2015 23:55 via
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Sam Turner picks out the top selections for Thursday's races at Ffos Las, Lingfield, Kempton, Hamilton and Wolverhampton.
  
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• West Ham lag behind big-spending Napoli in the race to land Seville coach Unai Emery

  03-06-2015 23:40
  
  Napoli believe they are destined to beat West Ham to the signature of Seville coach Unai Emery, by making a superior financial offer than the east London club as they seek a replacement for Rafael Benitez.
  
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• Rafa Benitez Real Madrid unveiling: New manager full of emotion at Bernabeu homecoming

  03-06-2015 23:37
  
   
  
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• Who can save Fifa when Blatter goes?

  03-06-2015 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport examines potential candidates to succeed Sepp Blatter, who is to resign as Fifa president.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2015: Fran Kirby aims to make a striking impression for England

  03-06-2015 23:24
  
  Fran Kirby has been backed to flourish with England at the World Cup and is glad to be back playing the sport she loves after everything she has endured off the pitch.
  
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• New coach Brian Smith vows to revive the fortunes of rock bottom Wakfield

  03-06-2015 23:21 via
  
  Veteran coach Brian Smith is confident he can turn around the fortunes of Wakefield. The Wildcats are seven points adrift at the foot of the Super League table after losing their last 13 matches.
  
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• Fifa 'could have female president'

  03-06-2015 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifa should consider electing a female president to succeed Sepp Blatter, says Sport Wales chief executive Sarah Powell.
  
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• Derby 2015: Zawraq expected to shake off injury scare ahead of Epsom Classic

  03-06-2015 23:19
  
  Zawraq is reported to have made “substantial improvement” in his race against time to be fit for the Derby at Epsom on Saturday.
  
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• Tiger Woods crashes through time zones in attempt to win major No 15

  03-06-2015 23:16
  
  Tiger Woods has not given up on that 15th major. Acting on the advice of the US Open Championship director, Mike Davis, Woods spent two days this week at Chambers Bay, host to the US Open in a fortnight and a course that has yet to host a professional event.
  
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• Miralem Pjanic urges Edin Dzeko to leave Manchester City and join him at Roma

  03-06-2015 23:15 via
  
  Edin Dzeko has been a largely peripheral figure since arriving at the Etihad from Wolfsburg in 2011, scoring just four Premier League goals last season - prompting Miralem Pjanic to urge him to leave.
  
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• Manchester United striker Robin van Persie trains with Holland ahead of USA friendly 

  03-06-2015 23:15 via
  
  Holland have been training ahead of their upcoming international friendly with USA this weekend, and it was business as usual for Manchester United striker Robin van Persie. 
  
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• Chelsea target Mauro Icardi announces his intentions to remain at Inter Milan next season despite lack of European football  

  03-06-2015 23:15 via
  
  Mauro Icardi has ended speculation linking him with a move to Chelsea by expressing his desire to remain an Inter Milan player next season. Icardi finished as joint top-scorer in Serie A with 22 goals.
  
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• England Under 20s 1-2 Mexico: Duncan Watmore scores but hopes of reaching Toulon final ended with defeat

  03-06-2015 23:03 via
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM IN AUBAGNE: England’s chances of making the Toulon Tournament final were cruelly extinguished as Mexico came from behind to beat them.
  
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• Tim Howard meets 'bad dude' Jason Statham

  03-06-2015 23:00 via
  
  Tim Howard labelled British action hero Jason Statham 'one bad dude' after the pair met on Good Morning America - where he was promoting his autobiography The Keeper.
  
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• Fifa corruption: Former executive committee member Chuck Blazer lifts lid on decades of bribery and back handers in explosive testimony

  03-06-2015 23:00
  With Fifa’s President gone and its key executives still languishing in detention centres all around Zurich, the FBI’s key informant in the investigation that has ripped the heart out of football’s corrupt governing body has laid bare the decades long schemes of bribery and back handers that stretch all the way from France 1998 to South Africa 2010 and, probably, beyond.
  
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• Former Formula Master series champion Fabio Leimer joins Manor as back up driver for rest of F1 season

  03-06-2015 22:41 via
  
  Manor have signed Fabio Leimer as an official reserve driver for the remainder of the 2015 Formula One season. The 26-year-old will act as cover for Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi.
  
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• David Beckham slams 'despicable' FIFA and calls for change after corruption allegations 

  03-06-2015 22:41 via
  
  Former England captain David Beckham has blasted FIFA over the 'despicable' corruption allegations which led to the resignation of Sepp Blatter as president of football's governing body.
  
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• McClaren set for Newcastle post

  03-06-2015 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former England boss Steve McClaren is expected to be announced as the new Newcastle United head coach next week.
  
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• Paris bid for 2024 Olympics to be led by athletes and sports officials after failure to land 2008 and 2012 Games

  03-06-2015 22:34 via
  
  The head of Paris' proposed bid for the 2024 Olympics wants athletes and sports officials at the front of the candidacy, after much-criticised failures by the French capital to land the games in the past.
  
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• FIFA’s Chuck Blazer admits he and other members accepted bribes for World Cups

  03-06-2015 22:27 via
  
  Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer has admitted he and other members accepted bribes for the France and South Africa World Cups.
  
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• England Under 20s 1-2 Mexico Under 22s: Duncan Watmore scores but hopes of reaching Toulon final ended with defeat

  03-06-2015 22:27 via
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM IN AUBAGNE: England’s chances of making the Toulon Tournament final were cruelly extinguished as Mexico came from behind to beat them.
  
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• Beckham critical of 'despicable' Fifa

  03-06-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Beckham labels revelations about Fifa as "despicable, unacceptable and awful" and calls for change.
  
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• Qatar organisers stand firm amid FIFA crisis and reports of FBI involvement in 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding processes

  03-06-2015 22:08 via
  
  Qatar World cup organisers insist the crisis at FIFA will not affect their preparations for the tournament in 2022, despite fresh reports that the FBI are investigating the bidding process.
  
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• Marouane Fellaini says Manchester United can catch Chelsea and believes he's better at the back than as an attacking weapon

  03-06-2015 22:08 via
  
  Manchester United are coming to get Chelsea, insists Marouane Fellaini, the Belgian who has made himself a mainstay in Louis van Gaal's plans in attack but sees himself as a defensive player.
  
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• Diego Maradona for next Fifa president? Venezuelan president hopes so

  03-06-2015 22:04
  
  Fifa will need a president with a strong hand to guide world football’s governing body out of the quagmire of scandal where it has sunk, after long-time President Sepp Blatter resigned on Tuesday. How about the “Hand of God”?
  
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• Diego Maradona as next Fifa president? Venezuelan president hopes so

  03-06-2015 22:04
  
  Fifa will need a president with a strong hand to guide world football’s governing body out of the quagmire of scandal where it has sunk, after long-time President Sepp Blatter resigned on Tuesday. How about the “Hand of God”?
  
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• Dani Alves would have a new contract at Barcelona if I was president, says Neymar

  03-06-2015 22:00 via
  
  Barcelona superstar Neymar has offered his backing to team-mate Dani Alves, admitting that if he was president of the Catalan club, the right-back would have been offered a new deal.
  
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• Tiger Woods hopes practice makes perfect ahead of Memorial Tournament comeback

  03-06-2015 21:58 via
  
  Tiger Woods says he is 'more confident' in his game ahead of this week's Memorial Tournament having spent two days practising at Chambers Bay.
  
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• France boss Didier Deschamps warns his players 'you are not on vacation' ahead of Belgium and Albania friendlies 

  03-06-2015 21:57 via
  
  France national team boss Didier Deschamps has warned his players they are in for a tough ride ahead of their post-season international friendlies against Belgium and Albania.
  
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• Zawraq winning his race to line up in Saturday's Investec Derby at Epsom

  03-06-2015 21:47 via
  
  Zawraq has moved a step closer to lining up in the Derby as big-race jockey Pat Smullen said he believes the colt has more raw talent than his 2008 third-placed finisher Casual Conquest.
  
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• Transfer News LATEST: James Milner, Antoine Griezmann, Dani Alves and more

  03-06-2015 21:47 via
  
  With the domestic season now over in England, teams will now focus on improving their squads ahead of 2015-16. Here, Sportsmail gives you all the latest transfer stories from Wednesday, June 3.
  
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• Kevin Pietersen livens up dull finale at Surrey with cheeky swipe at James Faulkner

  03-06-2015 21:33 via
  
  Kevin Pietersen was unable to deliver a farewell flourish in what was expected to be his final appearance for Surrey before their clash with Lancashire fizzled out into a draw.
  
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• Nadal vows to fight back in Paris

  03-06-2015 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rafael Nadal says he will fight to regain his French Open title after suffering only his second ever defeat in Paris.
  
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• Max Verstappen unfazed by Monaco GP crash as Dutch teenager awaits FIA checks

  03-06-2015 21:24 via
  
  Max Verstappen insists he has put the controversy of his Monaco crash behind him as he waits for the mandatory FIA medical checks to clear him to race at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.
  
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• FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke says he is 'beyond reproach' and has no reason to stand down amid FBI's bribe probe

  03-06-2015 21:18 via
  
  FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said on Wednesday he was not guilty of any corrupt practice in a $10 million bank transaction under FBI investigation and saw no reason to stand down.
  
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• Ireland stay in control against UAE

  03-06-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland stay in control of their Intercontinental Cup tie despite spirited resistance from the UAE on day two at Malahide.
  
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• Djokovic beats Nadal in straight sets

  03-06-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic becomes only the second man to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open with an emphatic victory.
  
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• Fifa corruption: Strip Qatar of World Cup? Not likely

  03-06-2015 21:11
  
  “A bribe is like a ghost. It’s untouchable. You will never find it,” observed Fikile Mbulala, South Africa’s Sports Minister at a hurriedly convened press conference in the wake of the publication of a letter that, at least in the eyes of the US Attorney General, shows the head of the South African Football Association paying a $10m bribe to Jack Warner, the reviled former head of Caribbean and North American Football. “But there is correspondence between South Africa and Fifa.”
  
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• Fifa corruption: Strip Qatar of the World Cup? Not likely

  03-06-2015 21:11
  
  “A bribe is like a ghost. It’s untouchable. You will never find it,” observed Fikile Mbulala, South Africa’s Sports Minister at a hurriedly convened press conference in the wake of the publication of a letter that, at least in the eyes of the US Attorney General, shows the head of the South African Football Association paying a $10m bribe to Jack Warner, the reviled former head of Caribbean and North American Football. “But there is correspondence between South Africa and Fifa.”
  
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• Behind the scenes at Champions League final, battle begins to replace Sepp Blatter

  03-06-2015 21:07
  
  The Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus in Berlin could prove to be one of the most captivating in the competition’s recent history if the recent form of the incomparable Lionel Messi is anything to go by. But behind the scenes the great European football machine will be going into overdrive.
  
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• Behind scenes at Champions League final, battle begins to replace Sepp Blatter

  03-06-2015 21:07
  
  The Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus in Berlin could prove to be one of the most captivating in the competition’s recent history if the recent form of the incomparable Lionel Messi is anything to go by. But behind the scenes the great European football machine will be going into overdrive.
  
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• England Under 20s 1-2 Mexico Under 20s: Duncan Watmore scores but hopes of reaching Toulon final ended with defeat

  03-06-2015 21:04 via
  
  SAM CUNNINGHAM IN AUBAGNE: England’s chances of making the Toulon Tournament final ended as Mexico came from behind to beat them.
  
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• England look good and can mount successful Ashes challenge, says New Zealand coach Mike Hesson

  03-06-2015 20:54 via
  
  Mike Hesson believes the form of Cook, the batting depth and the experience of senior bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will make England a tough proposition for Australia.
  
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• England Under 20s 1-2 Mexico Under 20s: Duncan Watmore scores but hopes of reaching Toulon final dented with defeat

  03-06-2015 20:51 via
  
  England's hopes of reaching the Toulon tournament final were dented after losing 2-1 against Mexico.
  
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• Xavi breaks down in live TV tribute

  03-06-2015 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Departing Barcelona midfield legend Xavi breaks down in tears as the club pay him a live TV farewell tribute.
  
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• England Under 20s 1-2 Mexico Under 20s LIVE: Martin Zuniga helps Mexicans come from behind to punish Three Lions

  03-06-2015 20:36 via
  
  England face Mexico in their third game of the Toulon Under 20 tournament. FollowSportsmail for all the live coverage, with updates from OLIVER TODD and SAM CUNNIGNHAM. 
  
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• Williams feeling the pressure

  03-06-2015 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Serena Williams admits it is hard to handle the pressure of being favourite to win the French Open after the American thrashed Sara Errani to mov
  
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• VIDEO: Top athletics coach faces doping claims

  03-06-2015 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the world's best known athletics coaches is at the centre of doping allegations following a BBC investigation.
  
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• Adam Lallana skips England training session following birth of his son 

  03-06-2015 20:15 via
  
  Roy Hodgson’s England players reported for duty ahead of games against the Republic of Ireland Slovenia with only Adam Lallana absent from the 23-man squad.
  
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• England can win the Ashes – and Elvis Presley will present the urn

  03-06-2015 20:12
  
  England believe they can win the Ashes. Such innocent faith is understandable, probably obligatory, almost touching, but there are also folk who insist that the 80-year-old Elvis Presley is still circling the earth in a spaceship before coming back among us.
  
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